Secret Voyage
The new Blackmore’s Night album is around the corner. It’s called Secret Voyage and will be released via SPV in Germany on June 27, the rest of Europe on June 30, and USA/Canada on July 15. The album will include 12 tracks:
01. God Save The Keg
02. Locked Within The Crystal Ball
03. Gilded Cage
04. Toast To Tomorrow
05. Prince Waldeck’s Galliard
06. Rainbow Eyes
07. The Circle
08. Sister Gypsy
09. Can’t Help Falling In Love
10. Peasant’s Promise
11. Far Far Away
12. Empty Words
The record company has posted a track-by-track commentary from Candice Night and album preview clips.
Correction [May 12]: The North American release date will be July 15 and not June 15 as we reported earlier.
Thanks to Blabbermouth.net, Daniel Bengtsson, Pal17 and Mike Garrett for the info.
Rainbow Eyes! yessss
May 10th, 2008 at 13:12There you go priest…..more great Blackmore to enjoy. Has a Rainbow Cover to boot. What more can a Blackmore Groupie wish for? He he he……….
Cheers
May 10th, 2008 at 13:31God Save The Keg. I love this album already. Great artwork. Another classic from one of my favorite bands of all time. Can’t wait.
May 10th, 2008 at 13:54Looking forward to it…the last couple of
BN albums have been a bit samey, hope there’s some
fresh ideas this time around.
TMIB is unique & one of a kind, and he’s just doing
what he wants to do, no matter what the ‘rock-police’
says or thinks. BN has built their own fan base over the years, Ritchie doesn’t need to rely on the DP-brand, so to speak. Blackmore’s got the last laugh,
as always
Cheers
May 10th, 2008 at 19:02“Can´t help falling in love”….??? Could it be the old cheesy Elvis tune? Hmmm….if that´s the case he´s really scraping the bottom of the barrel! “Rainbow eyes”…sure, why not…we have´nt had enough songs about rainbows over the years, it probably needs more cowbell though! Ritchie´s got the last laugh, Sami?? Don´t know about that…personally I laugh myself silly every time I see a BN cover or video!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 19:23Stefan ; got to hand it to you, that was quite
good
May 10th, 2008 at 20:01Well, some people have closed minds i guess :-p
I for one am looking forward to the new album and also interested to hear the cover version. As for the art work, it looks great!
May 11th, 2008 at 10:04Another shite album from a shite band, left with no imagination whatsoever!
Why Blackmore continue to destroy classic songs from both Rainbow and Purple is beyound me, but he should be given a proper beating for completely destroying Can’t Help Falling In Love.
TMIB has got no shame left. Thank God he’s soon reaching retirement!
May 11th, 2008 at 14:57I happen to enjoy all the Blackmore’s Night stuff. Gives another dimention to the Purple Arena. I will admit that covering the Elvis tune could have been avoided. I listened to the sample on the site and it comes off very cheesey as STEFEN stated. Any Rainbow tune should be welcomed. They are true Blackmore tunes and transform well into this style of play.
Yet another group of songs for the Purple Fans to enjoy. How bad is that? Not bad at all……..
Cheers
May 11th, 2008 at 16:55For Deep Purple fans, Blackmore’s Night is a love-it-or-hate-it affair. I appreciate the disappointment that some fans have for Blackmore’s career direction and he has received more than his share of grief for it. Interestingly, I hear almost no criticism for Jon Lord, who also left rock for a less orthodox career move. Be that as it may…
Despite being just snippets, the preview allows a reasonably accurate picture of “Secret Voyage”.
The artwork is fantastic. Having researched Columbus and the age of discovery for some sixteen years and having lectured extensively on the subject (I’ve used Blackmore’s Night instrumentals as background music for video presentations), the imagery hits close to home for me.
The opener “God Save the Keg” is a regal-sounding introduction to the album. Despite the rather trite alcohol reference (I can forgive that), the music is fitting in this context. I’m looking forward to hearing the rest of it.
“Locked Within a Crystal Ball” contains as large an amount of electric guitar as some previous efforts. At this point, the production sounds quite good as well.
“Prince Waldeck’s Galliard” is yet another (!) acoustic instrumental. These are always welcome and I would like to see an *entire* album of Blackmore doing this kind of work.
As most already know, “Rainbow Eyes” is a Dio-era Rainbow track–and not one of the most memorable. I never liked it much and thought it should never have been on the album. Its saving grace was the nice string arrangement and the recorders, but the vocal line was weak and hoarse-sounding and the song as a whole was not in the context of the rest of the hard rock album. I would have had another song in the same vein as “The Shed” end the first side and move “Gates of Babylon” to close the album. “Rainbow Eyes” should have been the reject.
The Blackmore’s Night version, on the other hand, is quite good and more appropriate to the style of the band. Dio’s voice is impossible to replace, but Blackmore’s Night has always done a fairly adequate job of turning old Rainbow numbers into something new. It is never an attempt merely to re-record anything, but rather to present a totally different interpretation, such as the extremely successful “Self-Portrait” from “Under a Violet Moon”.
I am expecting a slow turn to songs more along the line of “Ariel” from the final Rainbow album. So far, that hasn’t happened. At this point, the current album appears to be “more of the same” with good production values and some interesting moments, much in the vein of “Village Lanterne”. Will Blackmore’s Night continue to generate interest?
Longtime Blackmore’s Night fans will like it. Non-fans of the Purple persuasion will continue to be disappointed.
Be that as it may, Blackmore’s current project, with the except of Glenn Hughes (who also gets his share of grief and criticism), is the most prolific of the Purple family, with consistent albums on a regular basis.
That’s something that Deep Purple can’t say.
May 11th, 2008 at 17:45To T,
May 11th, 2008 at 20:50I would like to say to you, that you have a repeatedly strange opinion about the release of albums. I agree that every fan loves it when a new album comes out…BUT: Whether albums appear or don’t appear on a regular or a prolific basis, doesn’t seem to me a matter of the most urgency or a garanty for a high musiclevel!.Artists are no ‘regular programmed workers’.All depends so much on their touring,their inspiration and creativity , all their expierences during the travelling that they can use…ect. ARTWORK IS NO INCESSANTLY WORK! The most most important is, what a band has to offer on an album.Deep Purple is a band that would not be proud ‘to say’ the albums were following fast like bricks from a factory. I think they want to make an album with heart and soul and value!So, long live irregularity and artistic freedom!
And also very important, long live their intensive touring.For true fans,nothing is more exciting then meet ,see, hear them in live ,and share the music vibes together!
The presentation and package of all Ritchies works are always beautifull and of great taste.(yet,also very predictable).But, it is for me still the content that matters. This album seems not at all less then the previous. But whether I was listening to their first or to their 50th album, it sounds always the same.The greatest disaster (to me) is that flat nosy voice of lovely Candice. An insensitive voice without any temper in it .YES, Elvis turns around in the grave. It is terrible, her voice is undersized and the worthless disco rythm sounds really cheap. The song she performs the best is prince Waldeck’s Galliard.
I do agree that everyones taste is different, and although I’m not and I will never be a BN -fan, I wish all lovers of it a great time.
I don´t mind the music, it´s guite good occassionaly! What I do mind is the fact(and I DO know this),that RB´s under the spell of his mother in law! Love is truly blind at times….He´s doing this out of loyalty to Candice, and establishing a career for her. That´s all fine and dandy….but why can´t he do both?? One hard rocking career and one wimpy with the missus! Beacuse Candice & Carol´s got him by the balls…that´s why!!
Whatever he is choosing to do…..I wish him all the best! I just can´t help thinking about all potential, talent and hard rocking material is going to waste beacuse of his love to a mediocre blond bimbo vocalist…It´s really sad and I just wish he could claim his manhood back!! For Christ sake….he used to be the man in black after all!!
May 11th, 2008 at 23:58Annemie
First of all, I respect your opinion and thanks for the response. It all makes for an interesting dialogue. That is what these forums are all about.
The lack of albums on a consistent basis relegates a group–especially a group the age of Deep Purple–to “dinosaur” status. From time to time, “classic rock” groups appear in my hometown. These groups haven’t made an album in 30 years. Thankfully, Deep Purple doesn’t quite fall into that category because they are an active recording band.
Blackmore’s fear at one point was that Purple would become a “nostalgic” group. Certainly, the lack of a product would put purple on the same platform as these groups that just tour, appearing at county fairs and amusment parks. I would hate to see that happen to Purple.
Your point that putting out albums “like bricks from a factory” is well taken. However, the albums that have followed “Abandon”–that is, the last two–were far from the greatest ever Purple albums, and “Bananas” in particular was not worth the long wait: Five years! Fortunately, “Rapture of the Deep” was a vast improvement, but if they wait too long, they will lose the groove…and their audience!
I disagree that I would rather have the band tour than record. The band ignores the US anyway, and I rarely get to see them. I would much rather have a Purple album with new songs every two years consistently (à la Blackmore) than see them play basically the same songs every three or four years–if I’m lucky.
You said: “Whether albums appear or don’t appear on a regular or a prolific basis, doesn’t seem to me a matter of the most urgency or a garanty for a high musiclevel!” This may be so.
HOWEVER: It can be argued that the best years of Purple were 1969-1973 (or 1974). Part of the reason for that was the pressure under which they were working. Purple has always put out their best albums then they worked consistently: “In Rock” (’70), “Fireball” (’71), “Machine Head” (’72), “Who Do We Think We Are” (’73), “Burn”(’74)… See?
Compare “House of Blue Light” to “Perfect Strangers” (3 years apart) and “Light” to “Slaves & Masters” (one of my favorites but I’m in the minority) (3 years apart) and then the sub-par “Battle Rages On” (3 years later). Then FIVE YEARS to get “Bananas”? Notice that only two years went by for “Rapture of the Deep” and the incredible improvement! (”Rapture” also have a VASTLY IMPROVED cover!)
Purple has become a very “comfortable” group because they no longer have to work as hard and it shows in their songwriting. It’s like a muscle: Use it or lose it!
I agree that cover art is only a marginable part of an album, but as we have discussed before, it can make or break an album from a sales standpoint. I didn’t buy “Born Again” until a couple of years ago because I couldn’t get past the cover. Ask Gillan for his opinion on the same subject…
But it is only a PART of a much larger package. The lyrics, the mix, the cover art, the running order, and even the music itself can be dissected into categories–all make up the album. An album is like a work of art. One has to step back and take in the entire work. Step too close–and you only see a small part.
I maintain that Blackmore (and HUGHES) have been the most active Purple members. Hughes in particular has put out some of the most memorable work with many songs superior to the relatively few songs Purple has put out in the same time period (I appreciate this is opinion).
Blackmore redefined himself and managed to attract an entirely new fan base, some who have never even heard of Rainbow or Deep Purple.
Purple should take note that they have always been best when they have consistently recorded.
As for Blackmore being a slave to his mother-in-law… All I can say is go back and listen to the old albums. You can hear “Blackmore’s Night” throughout the Purple- and Rainbow- years, with live Rainbow in particular being full of mediaeval musical themes. Blackmore said in interviews over many years that this is what he was wanting to do.
And he finally managed to do it.
May 12th, 2008 at 02:17OH…you mentioned the Blackmore albums have been very predictable.
This is absolutely true!
May 12th, 2008 at 02:24this art work cover reminds me my early years of being a fan. rainbow rising is still the top cover for me but I think this one is going to be the second. cheers and long live r&roll.
May 12th, 2008 at 03:43To T,
May 12th, 2008 at 10:27We certain have some opinions in common.
I agree that no new albums at all would be sad ,or it hasn’t to take extremely long to bring out a new one. But please, it is not the time limit that earns the merrit for a great album.Just overlook the past after 69/72 etc. No band left. DP members tell themselves that too much pressure and an impossible partnership kills the band and make bad music!They will know for sure! All fans now know more or less that a new DP album can be expected.
The albums you mention are mostly with a break of three years,and that is not the obligation of every year, and that is all my point.I think you don’t mean it so stricktly, but that it also doesn’t has to take so long! With the refreshment of now and the a new album, and then a new tour, I think we all would be very happy! And I’m a devoted fan, I love to see the bandmembers happy too!
I agree also that an album as a whole is indeed a work of art.It should be anyway!The cover of ROTD is eccentric and I love it. You know I bought Born Again for the music, but I loved especially the horrible baby!
I will return to this topic BN( sorry for getting of it),because it was only a view of you that I wanted to exchange thoughts with. So ,thanks for answering. Also lots of happy hours with the whole DP-family!
Rainbow Eyes?
May 12th, 2008 at 10:51no comment…I love Rainbow,what a shame to read this…
What can I say?
May 12th, 2008 at 14:39The last cd of Blackmore’s Night I’ve bought was “Village Laterne” and I was very disappointed with it at the same way as with the previous one “Ghost of the Rose”. I’ve tried to be a Blackmore’s Night fan, but….after first three albums (which I really like) it started to be boring and I’m not going to waste my money on it.
Ritchie must come back to rock-n-roll with Purple, Rainbow or alone I don’t care, but MUST.
To T.
I prefer wait five years and get something great like “Bananas” and “Rapture”, than just two years and get a crap like “Abandon” (one of the worst albums in the Purple catalog in my opinion).
May 12th, 2008 at 14:40Rost,
Are you joking? Have you really listened to A Band On ever? It’s DP’s one of the hardest-sounding album, with genious tracks like Seventh Heaven and Watching The Sky. (+ great version of 1970 classic Bludsucker).
A Band On is not best Morse era album, BUT it is a lot harder than Purpendicular, Bananas and Rapture.
May 12th, 2008 at 16:20It really Rocks.
in A Band On Deep Purple sounds like the real HARD ROCK BAND
May 12th, 2008 at 16:21Should I really join this cosy conversation?
After all, I bought only the first two albums.
They were Japanese import, so I must have been kinda enthusiastic, way back?
The albums after that I got only copies……….
Both categories I play once a year I guess.
In general I buy less and less albums…………but……….I once expected to buy anything RB and DP connected eyes closed……..
The time I kept asking the shopowner about a forthcoming release………..over and over again…….for weeks.Must have been in an other life.
We DP connected chappies ought to be very happy, maybe…………
New albums by Whitesnake, Glenn Hughes and now BN.
Has Big Noize (JLT!) an album out yet?
In general I subscribe to the point of view that Glenn Hughes fans must be the most satisfied since 1993.
The level of the songs is often high and the formula stays close to what DP fans who love FUNK as well like to hear.
I missed out on several gigs by Whitesnake, DP and BN now……….
For several reasons………
Hopefully the GH gig end of this month will be a blast…………..
I already have 3 frustrating gigs by him under the belt.
The first had a very bad sound, a minimised line up and GH in a very bad mood, the 2nd was quite good but TOO loud, the last mostly too loud.
And I think (But who am I?)he should cut down the excessive screamings live.
His voice has so much to offer, I really shrink when I has to endure this over the top Michael Jackson screams too much!
And ……please………….bring back the ORGAN to the front.
Hell, I still do not own even a copy of the Village Lanterne…………
Groupies like me should be crucified……….or cherished, hehehe
May 12th, 2008 at 16:45I’m happy that Blackers has found his “bliss.” It’s unfortunate that he his happiness seems to be derived from:
—Being a shill for his wife’s family ambitions
—Churning out the same repetetive quasi medeival, quasi Abba cludge that he’s been churning out since the first BN record
I’m glad some folks enjoy his work and he seems happy so that’s great. But if you’ve ever seen “This is Spinal Tap” Blackmore’s Night reminds me of the Jazz version of TAP that had second billing to a Puppet Show at the amusement park.
I guess if you don’t mind being the butt of a joke…life is good.
May 12th, 2008 at 17:25Oh…and to answer the question about why Jon Lord doesn’t get slagged for going in a different musical direction…
Come on. Lord has been a classical composer for years and it’s obvious this is passion now. I have a copy of all of Jon’s stuff but I only listen to it occasionally as I’m not fond of classical music.
He’s a good composer. He is doing what he loves. And he doesn’t dress up like a goof ball and parade around renaisance fairs whilst pushing off his semi talented trophy wife as a legit singer.
Or something like that is the difference. That didn’t sound bitter did it
May 12th, 2008 at 17:32purplepriest1965:
You shouldn’t be crucified; tarred and feathered maybe, but not crucified!
Just kidding; have a good day.
May 12th, 2008 at 19:19Spot on priest…..spot on!
Your statement on GH is a carbon copy of what I have been saying. GREAT PERFORMER and ARTIST!!!! But……the over the top squeels have to go. Back to BN though, I concuer with ROST here. Though I will continue to support the Purple Family by purchasing all their albums, I agree that BN has become somewhat boring. It’s a nice change and variation from the other Purple related material, but it has as far as I’m concerned run it’s course. Ritchie should break away from this for a while and work on a Rainbow album. It doesn’t really matter the line-up, as long as he picks some quality musicians I’m sure it will be great. Actually, I would like to see him do a Blues record such as Gary Moore has been doing. Ritchie has a great Blues feel and it would be yet another avenue from TMIB to show off.
Cheers.
May 12th, 2008 at 19:52I copy no one………..
I stand alone………..
Sun is shining, but’s it is still raining in my heart……….
For those who think it’s from a WHITESNAKE song : Don’t ya think he copied that?
Compare the skills of DC with Rod Evans…………..
May 12th, 2008 at 20:06What a difference…………….
Compare, compare, compare…….
I think I figured you out. You have been constantly compared to by someone else your whole life (probably came up short… he he he). Now you’re stuck in the rut of building yourself back up by down grading and constantly comparing others. I now understand the “Blackmore Worship Syndrome” (BWS for short). It’s OK. It’s running rampant on this site. You aren’t as alone as you think. You are just the loudest and most constant voice of your little group. You don’t work well with others, just like Blackmore……and that’s OK priest. Stay in your One Man Band.
For those whom suffer from “BWS” as does PRIEST, go buy some “Steve Morse Band” and “Dixie Dreggs” CDs and play the hell out of them, then take 2 asparine and play all of the MK-7 and MK-8 CDs. It’s a sure cure. You too will be saying: “Ritchie Who?”
Cheers
Come on, you gotta laugh at this one priest. Don’t take it serious. Except for the last part though……
May 12th, 2008 at 20:55Interesting how “Abandon” is either one of the best…or one of the worst. The same could be said for “Slaves & Masters”.
As for Blackmore’s Night, I still prefer the first two albums but I will defer judgement until I’m able to hear the new one in full.
Best Blackmore’s Night song overall: “Fires At Midnight”. That’s the approach I would like to see Blackmore take.
Elprudeep made an interesting observation on the new album’s cover harking back to the days of “Rising”.
May 13th, 2008 at 03:09I would prefer to wait 5 years for a DP album than to buy the drivel(?) that is BN.
May 13th, 2008 at 03:17Rost
May 13th, 2008 at 11:07ABANDON is the heaviest in Morse-era,I appreciate it
Gillan dares on it!
I suffer from Tantalus syndrome, TS.
Like Blackers and JS Bach I m Aries, known innovators but not likely to finish projects after getting them started.
I m still not convinced I should follow any of your advices ….
I bought a Chris Isaak cd instead, yesterday.
May 13th, 2008 at 20:50Baja sessions. It will suffice during summer days…..
Maybe it’s time for some Geritol?
May 14th, 2008 at 16:41I reckon you have experience with substance like that?
May 14th, 2008 at 21:12I would like to see (or is that hear!) two things:
An album of acoustic guitar music from Mr Blackmore.
A blues album with Ritchie and Jon Lord.
Blackmore is still the most talented guitar player in the world - no guitarist can match his talent for melody, feel and technique.
May 14th, 2008 at 21:25No priest……but my Mum did when she hit menopause, and it worked for her. Should for you too….he he he.
It probably would work for Blackmore too. Seems to be a good hormonal remedy. You and Ritchie may have something in common…….
Cheers
May 15th, 2008 at 04:01yesterday into my car because of my travel-job,I played
May 15th, 2008 at 08:11a lot of times EYES OF THE WORLD…played and replayed…wonderful magical song,with a great DON intro and a super fender stratocaster! this is Blackmore I love,inspired,great! I love this sound,never boring!
Have these blogs been reduced to analysising (tracy the part time psychiatrist)the likes and dislikes of Priest?
‘an army of one’…………..
May 15th, 2008 at 09:02And I have been reduced to tears!
Bhoehoehoehoeeeeeeeeeeeeee………………..
Hehehe
“Wasting my time, lightning candles in the wind….”(DC)
May 15th, 2008 at 10:24Oh, this wonderful site becomes even more enriching. Geritol…is this a US alcohol stuff with stimulans???
Here it truly rains…through the roof, in my living room …in my kitchen…But never in my heart!!!
COMPARING all blogs,I think finally that Priest suffers only from a ‘Nostalgy Worship Syndrome’ NWS. When not rude insulting current time zones, it is quiet harmless!His Worship for the holy past?For me…no good luck ever came my way !(not often!)Once I was able to tan the skin and run over the beach,I had the dream job,a smal country house…it is all gone, but I would never put the clock back! In my heart shines the Deep Purple Sun …With that music,my dear ones and some booze, I’m the richest woman in happiness!I cherish the beautiful moments of past and present and I try to look forwards!All times have their charm.All Highway Star Siters have their charm!All tarred and feathered groupies have euhhh
I can’t headbang anymore but…for every crises there is a solution…YES! Cheers, Kippis,Tjok Dii (from my Thais neighbours),Skal,na zdorovje,alla tua salute,Hölkin,Proost…to you all!!!
P.S.We may be always divided in criticism and opinions, but I wish us always united in gratitude and joy for the everlasting Deep Purple Family!!!
May 15th, 2008 at 13:23Me only for my favorite line-up members of course!
Oh, this wonderful site becomes even more enriching. Geritol…is this a US alcohol stuff with stimulans???
Here it truly rains…through the roof, in my living room …in my kitchen…But never in my heart!!!
COMPARING all blogs,I think finally that Priest suffers only from a ‘Nostalgy Worship Syndrome’ NWS. When not rude insulting current time zones, it is quiet harmless!His Worship for the holy past?For me…no good luck ever came my way !(not often!)Once I was able to tan the skin and run over the beach,I had the dream job,a smal country house…it is all gone, but I would never put the clock back! In my heart shines the Deep Purple Sun …With that music,my dear ones and some booze, I’m the richest woman in happiness!I cherish the beautiful moments of past and present and I try to look forwards!All times have their charm.All Highway Star Siters have their charm!All tarred and feathered groupies have euhhh
I can’t headbang anymore but…for every crises there is a solution…YES! Cheers, Kippis,Tjok Dii (from my Thais neighbours),Skal,na zdorovje,alla tua salute,Hölkin,Proost…to you all!!!
P.S.We may be always divided in criticism and opinions, but I wish us always united in gratitude and joy for the everlasting Deep Purple Family!!!
May 15th, 2008 at 13:24Me only for my favorite line-up members of course!
Thats what you get being an old wining Alzheimer-suffering,on purpose DP insulting ,tarred and feathered bl..(ackmore’s)jobless groupie…Life is indeed anymore what it was!As psychyatrist fans, the complete syndrome is MNWS(Masochist Nostalgy Worship Syndrome)! First Bhoehoeeee… but then hehehe…Wow! Back to Geritol!!!!!
May 15th, 2008 at 13:41About ‘Secret Voyage’, we rather travel in our fantasy! Imagining brave Rascal defending long haired Priest Custer…Good luck Rascal,and watch out !The cavallery came to late!!!
P.S. In reality,Priest has just an evil character!!!
(but we are much worse!):D
Jon Lord and Ritchie should do something together.
And then cal lthere project thje return of the beasts or something.
Just because Jon and Ritchie together is magic, i,ve never felt the same thensions between Morse and Lord.
But when Blackmore and Lord duel, al hell will break loese.
P.S. sorry for my bad enlish.
May 16th, 2008 at 09:55David Jane above got it right, and I think a Blackmore-Lord collaboration will happen–but it won’t be blues.
As for our opinions, we can agree, we can disagree, or we can agree to disagree. I’m not a big fan of the personal insults. I ignore–or don’t read–what I don’t find interesting.
May 16th, 2008 at 21:28Mike & Charlotte : You’re way out of line, personal
insults just won’t do!!!
How low can you get, you pussies!!??
May 16th, 2008 at 21:44To Sami,
May 16th, 2008 at 22:06We honnestly are only kidding.
We are the last one who would in reality dislike Priest or anyone of this site.We love all!!!
We thought everyone knows that!
In case this is not sufficient, Appologizes!!!
Thanks for clearing that up,
Mike and Charlotte.
Have a good weekend
May 17th, 2008 at 08:35Hi Sami,
May 17th, 2008 at 10:21Thanks to you too!You’re a great character.If we would think someting was out of the line for someone, we would handle the same way as you.
We just assumed that everybody was reading and remembereding all the replies. We have to read them often in one track.So it seemed funny to take all the appelations from the others(who were also kidding)to PP together in one long phrase.(we like to imitate inspector Grimm in ‘The thinn blue line!).
Never thought that it would give a complete other impression, when someone read such reply for the first time.(like T perhaps did).
To make sure we were not serious, we wrote to end that we were worse with the little smiley (just this time not well printed ).
We are glad everything is all right, and we wish also a very nice weekend to you and all the others!
The written word lacks the intonation of the voice. That’s why things can be taken totally out of context or misinterpreted. Sometimes the smiley even can be taken as a smart-alek thing instead of the actual tongue-in-cheek wink-wink or *ha ha*. I work with linguistics and semantics for a living and see this all the time.
What I was referring to was the type of thing that has been going on in these strings for a long time. People stray from the topic and start insulting, mocking or making fun of people. In my opinion, this just isn’t the forum for that but it’s not my place to tell people what to do.
I’m a huge Blackmore fan. I learned guitar because of Blackmore and I still consider him to be the greatest rock guitarist of all time. Now he has taken a different route and has become one of the best acoustic guitarists as well–and he’s getting better. One could argue he’s better now than he’s even been–technically.
I’m also a huge Blackmore’s Night fan. I understand the music and the direction he has taken and why.
Fortunately, so far at least, I haven’t received the same grief as Priest!
Long Live Rock & Roll
T
May 17th, 2008 at 16:55Hi T,
May 17th, 2008 at 18:54I do understand very well what you mean, and you have an very admirable view on it.Only in reality, not everyone have the same respect for eachothers completely different taste or opinion, as you handle. I could write easely to you my opossite opinion,and I got from you a nice and honnest answer back ,which I appreciated. I think that it is when our tastes or idols are handled like trash , we can feel hurt, and then the reactions follows.For myself, I have the character to go in then to the root of the matter.I can easely write to you that I adore Morse, I know you adore Blackmore, but we respect echother.That’s what I find great.It doesn’t matter to me what Priest writes, not even when it hurts me with truly insulting MK8, or always speaking negative about current times.Somehow it is not on purpose .But I think that is is therefore that he gets all kind of reactions back and you don’t.You are also never away to answer, no matter how the differences may be.
A complete different thing is that I find a little well ment fun and some nice personal news is never out of place .Mostly we know eachother a little bit by our replies isn’t it.Above all, I never believe that no one means to hurt or grief another one here.
But you are right that humor can be very different interpreted by each of us.( so better carefull)
And yes, long live rock and roll, and long live friendship between all!
I also get the impression, not only here but through MSN, e mails, sms and so on, that things get mis interpreted a lot.
One thing I noticed :
That you can get insulted or hurt cause someone is being “harsh” towards your love for Morse or mark8(I lost count, sorry, is it 8?) ……..
That to me(…)sounds pretty remarkable.
I never get hurt or insulted when someone is doing the same towards my preferences. I might get annoyed, aggrevated, bored, and so on…..
But to take it that personal?
Mmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…………
I NEVER intend to be mean towards persons,but ofcourse you can feel differenty because the way I talk about Steve Morse.
Ofcourse, the man might be very friendly and so on……..(How the **** can I know? I do not really know the man. Do you?)but………….
Is it really a sane reaction to attack me fiercely on a personal level cause I find it ridicilous when people rate him above RB?
Someone said RB stopped evolving such a long time ago so he is not relevant anymore.
Excuse me for not a better (…)comparison but, pull the same logic with JS Bach : he died centuries ago and so did not evolve anymore……
Are you now really concluding he has lost relevancy as well?!
Excuse me as well for not being such a prolific and profound writer as some others appear to be.
English is not my first language. After so many years it bloody well ought to be……………..
It’s getting late………..
May 17th, 2008 at 22:04The anonymity of the internet gives one a boldness that they would not have face-to-face. “Cyber-meanness” is one of my pet peeves. I’ve been tempted to tell someone off more than once, but so far I have just grit my teeth and limited it to some snappy comeback which I probably shouldn’t have done. I prefer debate to yelling and sarcasm.
Purplepriest has an usual style of expressing himself that is both ambiguous at times and often puzzling so it stands out. He’s easy to misinterpret. Part of it is personality and part of it is English is not his native language–both are OK. But I admire is dedication to Blackmore in these times when RB has been villified by so many rock fans. He did not jump ship.
We can have opposing viewpoints and still have a dialogue to find common ground.
Blackmore cannot be eclipsed in my mind. There is no one like him, and attempts to clone his style have all failed. In BN, his playing is much more disciplined, consistent and cleaner (which might be part of the purpose of the project–to become a better musician).
Morse is technically superior–a musician’s musician who can go on about the acoustic characteristics of various kinds of wood, etc. Read his “Ask Steve” pieces. The man is brilliant in many ways, but with a style (and personality) the opposite of Blackmore’s–which was why he was hired. The change was deliberate. It works. For some people, it’s a love-hate relationship.
But I enjoy DP in its current state. “Purpendicular” and “Abandon” were outstanding. My only criticism is that they tour too much and record too little–a viewpoint not shared with others.
As for Blackmore’s Night, it’s also basically love or hate.
I’m waiting for this next album. And speaking of which… Why is Blackmore’s Night not touring after September 15?
Annemie, thanks for the kind words. Purplepriest, keep the faith.
May 18th, 2008 at 00:50T:….All in all you convey a very good retrospect of all of this. BUT, to be completely honest and simple, none of this has anything to do with how much one likes Blackmore or Morse, MK2 or MK8. It is in regards to how friggin’ often it comes up, no matter what the Blog Topic is. This is where it begins to rub people the wrong way. Look, I have been a huge pain in purplepriests behind, I will admit. And as you stated, I’m sure as with him some of my off color sarcasm can be misinterpreted as attacking or offensive, but I actually go to great lengths to put in various “pretzel logic” twists in my stuff for the fun of it. I truly enjoy all of the back and forth banter. PRIEST is one of my favorites and as I have stated in other blogs, he is witty and has some very good input about the various subjects at hand…..BUT, he constanty bashes Morse and praises Blackmore to the point that it becomes annoying. So…….I put in my annoying 2 cents to try and “help him” get back on track. It has become a kind of rivalry I guess you could say between us, but from my end it is truly out of total respect for him and also for the fun of yapping about PURPLE. He just needs to be reminded that this is the “Highway Star” website. A site devoted to DEEP PURPLE. Not Ritchie Blackmore. Ritchie has his own site. Trust me……..anyone who loves Deep Purple, loves Ritchie Blackmore. I surely do and have pretty much everything he has put out on record. The same for Steve Morse. But I don’t constantly cram either one of them down anyone elses throat or constantly bash either one of them over and over again……It’s totally unnessesary and get’s very old…..
So, as long as that exists, there will be those like myself whom rebut it and put it in it’s place…….
Cheers T
May 18th, 2008 at 02:28Again : (…)
I m not always positive about RB.
On the contrary………
It’s not that “Black and White”…..
HOBL, one of my favourites, and still…I m always pissed off about the 80’s tendencies(I already said that in 87)in there.
Indeed, RB had a sound between 84 and 89 which kinda, ahem,, puzzled me too….
Gillan was croaking his way to the tracks and still………..I loved the man.
Great songs(Apart from “Call of the wild” which I truly despise)and very potent live tracks like “Strangeways”are missed in a live setting uptill today.
I m off swimmin’
“the Battle rages on!”
May 18th, 2008 at 10:20Hi Priest again,
I write you this with good intentions .I think you handle the English words very well, but that often you don’t get the meaning behind them.I don’t feel ‘hurt’ for whom you prefer and give the best ratings for.I ALWAYS feel hurt when a person or great evenement is infected over and over again by undeserved negative remarks. Criticizm may be hot,tempered, but not untrue or unmeaningful. I know T handles the best way in replying, but my nature is like Tracy and Mike and Charlotte, to try out all means to get you on the right track again.But I’ll try to be also careful .
Without ANY REPROACH: HOBL has nothing to do with this context, I can’t follow.
The battle rages on ???
Not for me.
I love to go into replies for sharing joy, or when they are intresting… Only when they repeat bashing criticism that do injustice to our idols of this site, I feel forced to clear them .(useless perhaps)
So now for you Priest…Before Time Began xx
Tracy and T, Thááááááánnnkkk you for understanding and the intentions for the very best!
May 18th, 2008 at 14:13hello Highwaystar.COM
I LIKE NEW BLACKMORES NIGHT ALBUM. !!
MY FAVORITE SING IS: Locked Within The Crystal Ball.
sir.Nikos
May 18th, 2008 at 15:25In Spanish there is a saying. Cada loco con su tema. Each crazy one has his own theme. Something like, “To each his own.”
Respect
T
May 18th, 2008 at 15:51I m often gazed at in utter bewilderment when I m talking/writing stuff.
I jumped from saying that my writings are NOT “Black and White” to that track from HOBL.
I have a tendency to be , more or less, associative.
That’s all………..
I m doubting now…………
Was it really necessary to explain……..?
May 18th, 2008 at 16:08Well, you made by this the Blue Light clear the Black Night.Cheers!
May 18th, 2008 at 18:21You see?……this is the wit that I speak of regarding Purplepriest. When he is on….he is on….
Priest:….I love the “Black and White” association you made. BTW, I concur with you on the HOBL CD. Great record except for trying so hard to be accepted and coming off so commercial. Strangeways was always my favorite from this and as with “Sun Goes Down” from Bananas, a total mistake never to be played live.
I still haven’t gotten a copy of “Secret Voyage” yet. Can’t comment too much until I take a listen.
Cheers…..
May 18th, 2008 at 21:06Poor Candice really can’t write a meaningful sentence to save her life. She is so wrapped up in this new age nonsense that the poor girl just can’t think straight. Her discussions of each song are just as annoying as her sophomoric lyrics.
At least Blackmore is there to provide the real artistry and direction in his current efforts.
How come we don’t really hear and read anything about Candice unless it is relation to Blackmore?
May 19th, 2008 at 03:03Whats worse???
The attacks on ‘Priest’ or when they suck up to ‘Priest’?
‘long live rock ‘n’ roll’
May 19th, 2008 at 08:52“Sleep with the devil and then you must pay”?
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, don’t have time for that.
“I don’t want to taste your poison….”(…)
May 19th, 2008 at 15:37‘Sleep with the devil and the devil will take you away’
‘To the gates of sweet Hell’………….
I just hope its worth it!!
May 19th, 2008 at 15:58What are you talking? Or implying?
Me sleeping with the devil?
Well…………..
I certainly feel that some paths in life I chose(After lots of thinking/doubts)have been, to say the least, unrewarding.
That’s why I wish for a time machine.
Can’t beg for mercy on my soul, I m agnostic which means you have to suffer the consequenses of trying to be brave while standing alone(…)
May 19th, 2008 at 21:12Implying???? Me???
The devil takes many forms, and I should know, for I have divorced 2 of them.
Is that agnostic or just non-committal?
Beg for mercy……..for you have nothing to lose.
‘Choose your masks’
May 20th, 2008 at 08:07Non-comittal…………
Implications………………
Face your demons…………choose your mask
May 20th, 2008 at 13:52No sucking up here. It just goes to show that I hold only respect for Priest (most of the time when he isn’t Morse Bashing)and the rest of you. I only have one beef with priest and you all know what it is. Nothing more. I find him knowledgable and intertaining and easy to mess with.
Relax, I’m not having a melt down…….
CHEERS
May 20th, 2008 at 16:57Hi Purplepriest,
May 20th, 2008 at 20:59You brought us varied thoughts.
You sure are a complex person!In fact it is true that we don’t know who you are and what you deal with.There are so many things in live and we dont’ know why they ever happened to us.Perhaps you know that we two are together with our ‘bunch’ DP fans and HWS addicts . We are friends from all over the world with often not such a ‘nice’memory of the past .The question about taking a second chance and going back in the past is a so often discussed one.The conclusion was, supposed to be back and have taken that other choice, we think it would be better, but we never know either.
We liked you to propose a movie(but probably you know it already or you don’t like movies, so sorry then) and it is called Mr.Destiny with Michael Caine.(all about spilled milk,so strange).
We would like you to know also:We often handle a lot humor and have a laugh with eachoher and ourselves,sometimes wicked, but not to mock or hurt.Often life is so sour that it is a kind of medicine to make pain easier to bare.So we are no ‘pussies’, we are just used to much to like humor and fantasy !’We only insult our friends, the rest can go to hell)’.
We wish you your favorite music to visit the past, and a timemachine of hope an braveness to face a nicer furure!
…And all this on Ritchies site!Perhaps he would say:’Oh it’s good to be back home again’! Cheers!
Am I being expelled after all those kind words?
I do not know that movie, should I?
One of my favorites is “Papillion”…..
I did like that series of “the twilight zone” as well.
Unfortunately I m kinda stuck in something like the latter for about 16 years now.
It’s hard being stupid and knowing it.
May 20th, 2008 at 22:03It’s just being you…….
Oh well.
Cheers.
May 21st, 2008 at 04:02Dear All
A great collection of songs.
Best wishes
May 21st, 2008 at 08:30Hi Purplepriest!
Oh no, don’t think of expelled.If you seriously have a hard time it would be so stupid trying to cheer up or advise you with clichés.
We just understand that we don’t know you.16 years! The past is a true touching thing for you, we shouldn’t mock with that.If we had know anything helpfull to you, we would have offered it! Next time,when we get carried away in one of those hot tempered debates , we wish you know we mean no bad !
Twilight zone was exciting strange..Papillon is hard and moving.That Mr.Destiny movie handles about a guy who managed to loose all his credits by just one stupid act ..He has to face every day the concequences of it. He has to go on with remorse an dissatisfaction.At one booze evening,he enters unaware in ‘a gate of another dimmension’ and
he gets back in the past to restore’his fault’. and…etc.It is just a special nice movie .We don’t know however if it is to rent.
Wish you a sunny swimmin afternoon!!!
Oh dear..perhaps we become expelled from this blog for dwelling of… sorry!!!
May 21st, 2008 at 14:17I love to dwell.
That’s, indeed, being me.
Well, part of it……….
Mr. Destiny : it seems like I resemble him……..
My stupidity lies in the FACT I did more than one stupid move/choice……..
Even more so………I kinda knew I was seriously in danger of doing that.
16 years. Btw, this has nothing to do with that other break-up.
May 21st, 2008 at 21:33RITCHIE IS only DIFFERENT NOW WITH PROJECT BLACKMORE S NIGHT for the production and style !
BUT ALWAYS BLACKMORE HIMSELF ! THE SONGWRITTER MAN , is similar to blackmore hard rock in the past !
Basically, texture , material unplugged are always greatest songs !
after , is question lover or not lover production, style and direction blackmore s night
but if ritchie for example , playing hard rock 80% material bl night in rainbow , no surprise , greatest songs and could be greatest lp hard rock
May 21st, 2008 at 23:35also, ritchie live is fantastic with blackmore night
maybe , the greatest guitarplayer on the planet for moment !
i m 42 yers , love morse , satriani, beck, jimmy H , joe bonamassa, gary moore, john sykes , steve lukater , john norum, malmsteen, karl cochran,and more other but ritchie blackmore is very special !
the
May 21st, 2008 at 23:42greatest
Hi Purplepriest,
It seems sad and far from easy for you!
It looks however not that you are so stupid, or you wouldn’t be aware of your ‘mistakes’.That dwell off this time made us see things in an all different way.In our debates we could not guess that you have such deep feelings .Excuses us for being personal this once, but you are a very sensitive person!Only one question.Are you not to hard for yourself? In our movie that person even has a much nicer live then he could ever be aware of.
When someone like you is so struggling with memories and perhaps remorses every day again can be sure he has a good character.You know that is much more worth then being a smart rotten businessmen without a conscience! You deserve for sure an uncountable bonus to enter a happier life ! And even that is so difficult when you are caring and puzzling about all facts! We wish you strenght to manage !
When we are disagreeing again, this thougt is still in our minds,but of course we will be writing *****to you! You know we are more evil as you!
May 22nd, 2008 at 14:54Just kidding , Strangeways is all we got…
Thank you for your kind words.
In certain places I felt inclined to respond but hesitated.
Although I tend to be very open and way too far concerning personal stuff “Too much is not enough” is not one of my lines.
Well, THIS is just trying to keep a hold on that lid.
Yeah, I m sensitive, OVER SENSITIVE, I ve been told once.
There was a time in which I felt I could be just me and still find happiness.
Times have changed : I m not that age anymore, circumstances(which were better)lost forever, society seems to have changed…..
I learnt hard lessons but the “frame” is differerent from “then”, so how to impose knowledge?
STOP>
For now…..
What was this thread about anyway?
Ohhhhhhhh, “the Secret Voyage” one. I have NOT heard it yet.
Right now I d rather prefer a copy of F.U.N.K. to prepare myself a bit for the next forthcoming gig by you know who(I suppose).
Today I finally got into seeing the DVD “Live in Australia/The basment One” by GH.
I must say……….it was hard.
I LOVE Glenn but , maybe I m getting more and more sensitive also in that field, his high pitches are becoming kinda painful for my ears.
Was it really that different(his singing)in the 90’s? Or is just me?
Doubts keep piling up.
Where’s is my straight-jacket?!
May 22nd, 2008 at 16:12That “uncountable bonus”.
One of my remorses(what’s in a name?)is that I feel I robbed myself of at leat ONE.
Some people say that you chose your destiny.
Well, I KNEW “a certain thing” would become “my cross to carry for life(…).
And so, for 16 years it has become just that.
Maybe I need to be reborn to get rid of it?
May 22nd, 2008 at 16:22To Purplepriest,
I realize, that I didn’t know anything in true life of you.You know I’m sorry I used perhaps wrong words to fast.
That ‘dwelling off’ made me clear (with a little shock)that not every pain needs the same cure.If your sorrow can’t be cured like perhaps often is thought it should be, it must be awfull hard. Living on and carrying with you all what’s behind and endure the concequences of it.
I wonder too if you judge not extreme hard your acts. I hope I may say ,that I find it is brave of you to go on, but most of all to keep those interests in all what’s happening!
You know, you seem to be very different as how you look at first side in your replies !I think I must do more reading ‘between the lines’ an use more imagination.
May 22nd, 2008 at 18:28Of course , when we are debating again,my ‘Smith and Wesson’ has to be in reach for keeping my bloodpressure down, but in fact, being truly honnest you bring a lot of smiles!
Cheers for now!!!
hi Rascal!
About hell…Gillan sings’No laughing in heaven’ and…Ozzy yells he’s sure -with our kind of parties-we sure go to hell…and that we all gonna have a ******* good time there!
May 22nd, 2008 at 18:34So…I can’t hardly wait!Yessssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!
For now…………….Goodnight to ya all………….
May 22nd, 2008 at 23:12This is what has become of Deep Purple fans?
Come On!!!!!!!! It’s time to Buck Up a little, don’t you think?
Now I get it……when I go to the Deep Purple shows and I look around and wonder “What the hell has happened to these people”…….I now know what it is.
Sounds like “Mutually Assured Distruction” to me.
Time to go listen to some Pat Boone or Tom Jones…..clear all of this I just read out of my noggin.
Cheers
May 23rd, 2008 at 04:28‘They tell you that’s your future
May 23rd, 2008 at 09:23It’s all down to human nature
Simply settle for what you got
That’s destiny and that’s your lot’
Hi Tracy,
May 23rd, 2008 at 16:41We know what you mean !Let us assure you we always buck up.Sharing music vibes is sharing all emotions coming out .Coincidentally we got in to a kind of sharing some mutual personal dwelling. We don’t think it is out of place on this site this time.Yesterday I got a splitted eyebrow from demonstrating to much enthousiasm in some emo luxe circle…wearing ‘peace’ on my badge !…So, still not MAD, rather crazy. It’s hard work to keep a ruthless image but even more daring to show what ‘s behind it !
Hi Purplepriest,
Well…leaving this Highway Topic ,chatting on the sidetracks….We guess that during the low traffic reply hours,it is not so bad.
About GH, you may be amazed, but we would not pass the bar when discussing him.We like him for his funky rythms and playing the base so melodic ,while singing…But, he is not ‘our thing’.We will explore however the info you wrote .For the moment AFTER ALWAYS PRESENT DP, we are now lost in Tony Iommi.We underestimated that one .Live, his solo’s and playing are just impressing beautifull.
Yesterday evening , we were meeting with our mates.We discussed things as usual, but we hold still at you and that last question. This kind of thinking is often in our minds.Just strange. We like to pass a thought ,only instinctive from expierience.So,if you have the bad luck not to get over this…we don’t think you should force you to be reborn, or get rid of it.It would be perhaps like deleting 16 year ‘waist time’ or losing a part of your own identity.All that long time stands perhaps for more then you can imagine.We believe your words.If you really are like the little we know of you,we mean very serious that is brave to manage till now.We looked back at our own past and we got surprisingly moved!It IS true that there are such beautiful precious times in our life.We all remembered ours.You are right to love or miss them.It IS the truth that it is somtimes impossible to bare the memories of low periods. We don’t have to force them away. Perhaps we better take care for them as well.Gentle,trying to understand or accept them. We feel sincere sympathy with you.
When you know something to make your life happier,can you perhaps try to accept it?You deserve it without any doubt!
We take direction the Main Road Blog again,… me (sweet Mike)seeing all vague with a blue eye(I wait to claim it is purple) …listening to Lord’s ‘Pictured Within’…Wonder if you like that too? Cheers with coffee for this time!!!
PS Do you know where ‘where is my straight- jacket’ came from , or is it just for fun? Ohhhh, my eye…no steak to put on it…only the hope that my opponent will show more symmetry in face as me !
May 23rd, 2008 at 16:49Rascal…
May 23rd, 2008 at 19:10OOOHHH NOWWW…
It’s hell…such a poem of wisdom and me with my primitive brain…
Nicely done!
Mike &Charlotte,
I can not believe I would ever write this.I could not find find a sensible answer to that same question.The way you feel about it seems a very thoughtful one.
btw.Mike, If a frozen hamburger will do , shall I sent you one?
May 23rd, 2008 at 19:44Hi Tracy,
May 23rd, 2008 at 19:58Oh no,we are just proving to be true Purplefans in All circomstances!
Your fault that this afternoon I enjoyed Tom and Pat.I forgot almost Tom ’s way of moving and his wonderful voice!Worse!!! I forgot even my drink!!!
Double cheers to you now!!!
ffffffffffffttttttttttttttt…
May 23rd, 2008 at 20:16I lost the count of my ‘ cheers to’…
This last strongest one to you Priest!!!
I feel amost shy now.
One thing is for sure : Ian and Zoe(…) my cats I had with me since may 92……..
They truly are/have been one of the blessings in my life.
I love “Pictured Within”.
I almost felt/insulted hurt myself when a certain “person” said : “I can imagine depressive persons to go into committing suicide after hearing this one.”
That was, I felt, really blunt about such a beautiful record full of integrity.
I do not always feel the need hearing “melancholy music” when I m depressed and it NOT necessarily helps but I do cherish albums like this.
Together with gems like “live in Japan” and “In rock” I think I ought/am obliged to take that with me to an island.
BTW> “The straight jacket line”just popped up. Just irony…………Well, it is for now….
May 25th, 2008 at 23:41This thread is most amusing and very stimulating to read.
A Blackmore fan with cats named after Gillan and one of his ex’s really says it all.
I like Gillan AND Blackmore at the same time, so it looks like miracles really can happen.[sic]
Abandon was a filler album for tour momentum, nothing more, they had to learn how to make records again after that, same with S&M.
BN are time warping, but look who’s in charge… he’s been doing that since 1977 or so, nothing new there.
May 26th, 2008 at 01:36Ritchie Blackmore - The Greatest!
May 26th, 2008 at 07:41To Purplepriest,
May 26th, 2008 at 12:40I remember very well our ‘chat’ a while ago about Ian and Zoë.Is Ian doing well? I ask because you write …are/have been… You would not believe this, but I would cry for it if not,because I knows how much it means! I cross the fingers anyway!
to R
YES RITCHIE BLACKMORE IS GREATEST !
steve morse is very great, steve lukather very very good, malmsteen is truly and incredible virtuosos , joe bonamassa is a very great bluesman man, jeff beck simply great , satriani , vai, david gimour , and more and more , als great , since steve howe to santana or dire strait , als very
good guitarplayer , also gary moore , john norum, kee marcello , karl kochran, akira , campbell , and also john sykes , OH john Very great guitar player , als are own identity but MISTER RITCHIE BLACKMORE is magical , special , sensitive , epic, virtuoso neo classic, and SIMPLY BEST OF ALL TIME , more better than 2 jimmy !!
stargazer, gate of babylon, tarot woman, difficult to cure , maybe next time , perfect stranger, SPEED KING, higway star, mistreaded, BURN , BURN , incredible song, chil in time , a light in black , ariel, wolf to the moon , black masquerade , black night , and more and more and more , place in line , this guitarplayer is simply inovator and power songwritter , playing perfectly guitar when ritchie say i ply great , nobodys isn’t better that him !
sorry for people no Blackmore , but thats my last .
SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH !!
i m guitarplayer himself ,no great , but player and i say ritchie is
in-cre-di-ble
hello
May 26th, 2008 at 14:00and i also /
ian gillan was great singer in EARLY YEARS 70 , sorry but since END YEARS 80 mister gillan isN’t good singer !!
since ritchie left purple , ian sing a little more better because free singer bad or good , no maestro for pressure , ritchie is a very difficult person , ritchie desire best of best to singer !
david coverdale, jlt, dio, doogie white, bonnet, singing best song in blackmore aera !!
ian speak always negatif to ritchie , ritchie losing time with blackmore s night
i say to ian / you understand music?? other music that hard rock or deep purple or blues?? very mistery ??
RITCHIE PLAYING VERY GREAT GUITAR IN NIGHT AND WRITE VERY GREAT MUSIC !!write music differently color, material and ritchie prove another project, move , no afraid move wings opposition current sens to people
May 26th, 2008 at 14:16desire listen !!
because ritchie is a very old school artiste , clean artiste and sincerely !
STEVE MORSE AGREE ME
READ INTERVIEW MORSE IN HIGHWAY STAR SITE
Hello Purplepriest,
Only me today, with some GH comments/wonderings ! When Mike and me are in the same town, we overlook and write together.Besides this, Mike went to the hospital again,to stitch his eyebrew. They first just ‘glued’ it, but it infected. The better part is, that he’s in love with the nurse, and so he hopes this ‘eye’ can leed to sparks ! Let’s hope she has an ‘eye for him’!
You are very right about Lord. He has the ‘Hard Rock power’ and those sweet melancholic feelings as well in his soul. He is a genious. We watched that DVD ‘with Pictures’ from him, after he left DP.Only to witness this impressive man in his daily life/work makes one touched.
An Island…wow …Perhaps I can buy the island next to yours with my Fireball/House of the blue light/……Rapture (yes I know… wth SM… I will play that one
softer…well as usual…)
I don’t dare to tell how long I havent’t listen to Glenn !So I’m gone come out stupid !(yet less stupid then I was,influenced, only partly reading your replies.)
I tried out’ Live in Australia’,listnened to Glenn with Ratta Blanca, to Fused (hmmmmmmm with Iommi), to some FUNK/other songs on youtube. Glenn is a very creative and charming artist.Honnestly, I must confess that what Blackmore means for you compared to Morse, that means Gillan for me compared to Hughes. Now,the good news first : Your ears are definitly in great shape. Glenns voice is in general rather very high ,but I noticed he can be surprising like in Soulmover. But the high pitches are sometimes absolutely overdone. I didn’t like those few Funk-songs I tried out. Not for those high notes here but for the style in general.I know sometimes ‘one have to learn to taste’,but for me now, it was ugly. In Fused my attention got captured by Iommi.(I think this one keeps always his identity.) Do you like him ? In Ratta Blanca I think Glenn sounds more like in earlier days. What do you think of ‘Live in Australia ‘? ‘Mistraeted’ was first a shock to me. I do see how Glenn goes into it and I doubt…but it seems still overdone for me .Whiter shade…, Nights in… then I compare spontaneous with the classics…
I really wonder what songs you like and which one you dislike. Also what would you recommand from him that deserves most attention ? I know it is of course personal, but it is very nice to have a little guidance to save a lot of search.(And you saw him live.)
The thing I can’t help is , whatever I listen to, and for all what I become even enthousiastic for…Afterwards, nothing sounds more wonderfull and everlasting as DP. For me, Mk 2 with Ritchie, Mk 6 with Satriani, Mk7 with Steve, Mk8 with Don…If they wouldn’t be there no more, I would be incurable sad !I believe you don’t mind me saying this, I will never mind again if you come up for your MK 2 !
I hope you can recommand some GH songs which I shouldn’t miss !(if not to much waste of your time)
You know, in our all ‘cheering up mix’ of alcohol and music I discovered a forgotten most important ingredient :A big kiss for you, with all vibes of friendship added!!!
P.S. I understand you love animals too ! So I want to let out something. Don’t think we are agressive !(with the blue eye.)You know, a guy from a group of Emo’s had terrible fun that evening, looking at us and showing something vague. We came nearer, and that bastard was holding a cat with the behind legs in his right hand, shaking her and holding her high. He said to us :This is a ‘Wonder Animal’…She is moody like an Emo but she sings as a Hard Rocker. And the next was that Mike’s fists gave a faster answer then his mouth.He got the blue eye back, while making sure the animal got away !(that was the most important anyway !)So, you see, it was not on purpose, just love animals as much as Hard Rock!
May 26th, 2008 at 14:31Lack of spontaneity kills!
I just typed a reply and I disconnected myself from the Net so it got lost …….somewhere.
Again?
Ok……….
Annemie,
Zoe, the Lady of my house and life for about 13 years died at the end of 2005.
Ofcourse DEATH is unavoidable for all of us.
And animals often last not that long like we do.
But…..
I would have loved the peace of mind I often yearn for.
I feel she went too early.
I m not totally sure but I feel I was kinda absent in my thinking in that year.
Again(…)
I did NOT do things at the right moment, so…..
I try to cherish my memories with her, her love for us(…), the smile she gave me the moment I had to leave her at the vet.
I know I should not live that way, but……I anticipate Ian’s death with great FEAR.
But, ofcourse, all things come to an end.
In my case that would really feel like the end of an era.
Through my ex girlfriend I found Ian, who is an amazingly loving charactre.
I lost my ex end of 92(My fault as well), Zoe end 2005…………
I wonder…………….
If this is becoming a bit too personal.
I m gonna try answer another one over here.
Goodnight.
May 26th, 2008 at 22:27Well, Charlotte
That’s a story!
Well done, Mike!
I do understand you are not a pair reading the “nurse story and living in different towns and so on”.
It’s ofcourse impossible to really know people through “ONLY” writing on things like this, but we try anyway.
It’s very hard to give you advice on what kinda tracks/albums and so on.
It’s not being lazy. On the contrary.
Is it not taste/persoanl opinion?
I kinda grew into his stuff since 1977.
At first I despised his contributions in DP.
I really hated the approach he took.
I was(still am, I think)a HUGE Ian Gillan fan and this man …………..
I did not like Play me out, his soloalbum, did NOT knew anything by Trapeze, only listened shortly to Hughes/Thrall when it was released.
I was NOT open to him after my first notions of him.
After all, was he not responsible for DP’s demise?
Was he not the one making DP too soft? Soul,disco and funk were really our(hardrocklovers)enemeis and HE chose to incorporate that into DP’s sound! Still, I loved most of the albums he did with DP, espescially BURN, ofcourse.
His sour outings towards DP after the split and saying everyone (Rainbow, Whitesnake, Gillan) were stuck in the past while he evolved, duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, those lines really got me annoyed.
To make a long story short :
Like in DP Glenn showed with doing vocals on 7th Star(Iommi/Black Sabbath), Face the truth(John Norum),some wonderful stuff with Phenomena and Gary Moore he could deliver.
And that without leaning too much towards his funk/soul inclinations.
I think that period kinda unblocked my thinking about him and after that I happily strolled along with what he did.
Fortunately he made MANY things in the Classic Rock vein after that.
You have to explore themselves, one by one, I think.
Sorry I can’t spare/save you time.
Time is precious. It’s one of my mayor problems now I m 43.
But I feel certain things just NEED time.
We often want to make haste………
Im afraid that does not work.
I could give you a “list”, but……….
Like with DP, how to chose?!
Just take your time, without too much reservations……….
I have YET not seen/heard very much of Live in Australia.
I have a lot I have not watched/heard yet. There’s is so much.
And I have a lot on my mind, ahem………
I always return to my “interest in things concerning DP and their off shoots but very often in the last 5 years my mind is so overloade my passions get overshadowed.
I have seen rata blanca, I liked that, indeed, more like “we” DP people love, I think.
FUSED I found too heavy, too dark.
But I like things on that album as well, espescially “I go insane”.
Will be continued, I suppose.
Good luck on your travels through GH land.
May 26th, 2008 at 22:51Dear Priest!
I thought the topic were Ritchie´s latest load of crap?I have no intention of offending you,but…..First of all: Don´t you think you´re a littl